Douglas Ottati joins the podcast for his 5th visit to discuss his new book, A Theology for the Twenty-First Century. This is one of the most significant Protestant Systematic Theologies in years. I absolutely loved it. Of course, I talk about Ottati's Christology in my recent book so I am a bit of a fan. Ottati is the Craig Family Distinguished Professor in Reformed Theology and Justice Ministry at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. In our conversation we discuss:
- the nature and role of piety for Christian theology
- the historicity of religious traditions
- CS Pierce and the practice of musement
- how the enlightenment has shaped our engagement with the world
- the power of market & religious liturgies
- why Jonathan Edwards gets a bad wrap
- the task of being in a living tradition
- how monuments work with history
- theological anthropology
- reasons to keep a thick doctrine of sin
- why Schleiermacher is so awesome for thinking Christ & community
- thinking theologically about the fissures and tensions in the life of the church and culture
- how pastoral questions & challenges lead to economic and political critique
- the problematic relations between church & academy
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